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Israeli military says 13 Israeli hostages and 4 foreigners have been released from captivity in the Gaza Strip

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 12:13:30 GMT

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli military says 13 Israeli hostages and 4 foreigners have been released from captivity in the Gaza Strip.Source

Sinner enjoys double success over Djokovic to lead Italy into the Davis Cup final

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 12:13:30 GMT

MALAGA, Spain (AP) — Jannik Sinner secured back-to-back wins over top-ranked Novak Djokovic in the singles and doubles to lead Italy into the Davis Cup final after rallying past Serbia 2-1 on Saturday.Miomir Kecmanovic beat Lorenzo Musetti 6-7 (7), 6-2, 6-1 to give Serbia a 1-0 lead in their semifinal showdown, and Djokovic had Serbia on the cusp of the final when he faced Sinner in the second singles match.But the fourth-ranked Sinner saved three match points before ending Djokovic’s streak of 21 straight wins in Davis Cup singles matches, 6-2, 2-6, 7-5, to pull Italy level at 1-1 with Serbia. It was the third singles match between the top-ranked Djokovic and Sinner in 12 days. Sinner beat Djokovic in the ATP Finals group stage last week before Djokovic beat Sinner in the final to earn a record-breaking seventh ATP Finals title.Sinner then teamed up with Lorenzo Sonego in the doubles. They beat Djokovic and Kecmanovic 6-3, 6-4.“Match of my life? I don’t know, but it’s for sure very...

Ray Davis has 3 TDs, Kentucky tops No. 9 Louisville 38-31 to win fifth consecutive Governor’s Cup

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 12:13:30 GMT

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Ray Davis broke free for a go-ahead, 37-yard touchdown run with 1:02 remaining and caught two second-half touchdowns, helping Kentucky rally past No. 9 Louisville 38-31 on Saturday in the Governor’s Cup.Davis’ third score capped a wild second half for the Wildcats (7-5) in which the Bluegrass State rivals combined for 42 points and closed alternating touchdowns. The winner came after Louisville (10-2, No. 10 CFP) tied the game at 31 on Jack Plummer’s 21-yard touchdown pass to Ahmari Huggins-Bruce with 2:33 remaining. Jarvis Brownlee Jr. set up that improbable opportunity for the Cardinals by intercepting Devin Leary’s floating pass as he was hit by Ashton Gillotte.Kentucky took the kickoff and quickly drove into Louisville territory, and Davis found room on the left side and was gone for his 20th score that broke Benny Snell’s season record set in 2017. Davis carried 14 times for 76 yards and caught four passes for 51 yards, inclu...

Union Berlin’s Marie-Louise Eta makes history as first female assistant coach in Bundesliga

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 12:13:30 GMT

BERLIN (AP) — When Kevin Volland scored a late equalizer for Union Berlin, assistant coach Marie-Louise Eta pushed the team for more.Eta had already made history on Saturday by becoming the first female assistant coach in the 60-year history of the Bundesliga, as well as in the other top divisions of Europe’s “big five” soccer leagues.With Union bidding to end a nine-game run of German league defeats, Volland scored two minutes before the end of regulation time against Augsburg to set off celebrations of joy and relief around Union’s Stadion An der Alten Försterei. It was Union’s first goal in five games and the match ended 1-1.Eta didn’t celebrate the goal for long, but instead encouraged her players to go for the win. There were still five minutes of injury time to play.Kevin Behrens was blocked, Josip Juranović went close, and in the end, Union had to be content with a point as it climbed off the bottom of the standings.“An important step in the right direction,” interim coach Ma...

No. 10 N.C. State women beat No. 3 Colorado 78-60 in U.S. Virgin Islands

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 12:13:30 GMT

ST. THOMAS, U.S. Virgin Islands (AP) — River Baldwin scored a career-high 26 points and No. 10 North Carolina State beat a team ranked in the top 3 of the AP poll for the second time this month, topping No. 3 Colorado 78-60 at the Paradise Jam on Saturday.Baldwin scored 16 points in the first half as the Wolfpack (7-0) pulled ahead by as many as 27 en route to their second signature win of the season. N.C. State beat then-No. 2 UConn 92-81 on Nov. 12 in Raleigh, North Carolina.Baldwin, whose previous career best was 19 points during her freshman year at Florida State in 2019, made 9 of 12 from the field and 8 of 8 free throws. She also had eight rebounds.Aziaha James scored 13 points, Madison Hayes had 11 points and Madi Collins added 10 points for the Wolfpack, who scored the game’s first nine points and never trailed.Jaylyn Sherrod led the Buffaloes (6-1) with 20 points and Frida Formann scored 14. Aaronette Vonleh, the team’s leading scorer at 18.3 per game, was held to five poin...

Vesey puts New York ahead, Krieder scores 2, Rangers beat Bruins 7-4 in matchup of East’s top teams

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 12:13:30 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — Jimmy Vesey’s goal put the Rangers ahead late in the second period, Chris Kreider scored twice and Jonathan Quick made 27 saves as New York beat the Boston Bruins 7-4 on Saturday in a matchup of the top teams in the Eastern Conference.Vesey’s fourth goal of the season came during a delayed penalty at 16:37 off a scramble in front of the Boston net. It gave the Rangers the lead to stay en route to their seventh win in eight games.Kreider scored on the power play and short-handed and leads the Rangers with 13 goals.Nick Bonino, K’Andre Miller, Tyler Pitlick and Artemi Panarin also scored for New York. Vincent Trocheck had two assists for the Rangers (15-3-1), who are 13-1-1 in their last 15 games and have 15 wins in 19 or fewer games for the first time in franchise history.Charlie Coyle scored twice for Boston (14-3-3), which was coming off a 5-2 loss to visiting Detroit on Friday. Morgan Geekie and David Pastrnak also scored for the Bruins.Quick continued his st...

QB Hudson Card pulls the ace as Boilermakers rally past Hoosiers 35-31 for Old Oaken Bucket

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 12:13:30 GMT

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) — Hudson Card tied his career high with three touchdown passes and scored on a 10-yard run with 2:39 left Saturday, giving the Purdue Boilermakers a 35-31 victory over Indiana and their straight win in the Old Oaken Bucket series.The Boilermakers (4-8, 3-6) had lost five of their previous six games but capped the 100th season at Ross-Ade Stadium by celebrating for the 300th time on its home turf.Indiana (3-9, 1-8) lost its final three games by a combined total of 10 points and blowing late leads in all three. The Hoosiers lost seven of their last eight in coach Tom Allen’s seventh full season.And this time it was an errant kickoff out of bounds that helped Card throw his ace. He found Deion Burks for 44 yards on the first play and eluded a couple of tackles as he sprinted the final 10 yards to give Purdue its biggest lead of the game.Indiana marched to the Boilermakers 35-yard line on its final drive but was stopped on third-and-1 and Brendan Sorsby w...

Jayden Daniels’ 4 TD passes lead No. 14 LSU past Texas A&M 42-30

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 12:13:30 GMT

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Jayden Daniels passed for four touchdowns and accounted for 355 yards of total offense against one of the nation’s top defenses, and No. 14 LSU beat Texas A&M 42-30 on Saturday.Daniels completed 16 of 24 passes for 235 yards and ran 11 times for 120 yards — a fine day by most quarterbacks’ standards but somewhat short of the Heisman Trophy candidate’s usual production this season.Time will tell if he did enough to win over Heisman voters, who will get an additional look at two other top candidates — Washington quarterback Michael Penix Jr. and Oregon QB Bo Nix — when their teams meet in the Pac-12 title game on Friday.Malik Nabers caught six passes for 122 yards and two TDs for LSU (9-3, 6-2 SEC). In the process, he became LSU’s career record holder in receptions with 186, eclipsing Wendell Davis’ mark of 183.The Aggies (7-5, 4-4) were within one score after Jaylen Henderson found tight end Max Wright for a 51-yard touchdown that t...

Turnovers cost UMass in season-ending 31-18 loss to UConn

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 12:13:30 GMT

AMHERST – UMass brought an unfathomable array of miscues into the locker room at halftime of Saturday’s Rivalry Weekend clash with UConn at McGuirk Stadium.The Minutemen gave up a pick six, lost two fumbles, turned the ball over on downs on their side of the field and had two punts partially blocked, all in the first half. The Huskies built a 19-0 lead at the break and rolled to 31-18 victory in a battle of FBS independents.“Complementary football usually breeds success and when we’ve been successful, we’ve been a positive in the turnover margin,” said UMass coach Don Brown. “We literally gave them field position inside the 40 and we just didn’t play complementary football.”UConn netted 414 yards of offense with 24 first downs. The Huskies’ offense was managed by dual threat quarterback Ta’Quan Roberson, while tailback Cam Edwards rushed for 102 yards and two touchdowns. UMass quarterback Taisun Phommachanh completed 18-of-30 passes for 230 yards with a touchdown.Both teams fi...

Cambridge looks to join other Massachusetts cities, towns in banning gas-powered leaf blowers

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 12:13:30 GMT

It may be only a matter of time until residents and businesses in Cambridge are banned from using gas-powered leaf blowers, which officials say are taking a toll on the environment and public health.A proposed ordinance in front of the Cambridge City Council looks to eliminate the gas-powered tool for good, doing away with seasonal restrictions that have been in place for years.The License Commission is set to hear feedback from residents and commercial leaf blower operators on Monday regarding the proposal that would implement a gradual phase-out of the equipment. The council’s Ordinance Committee will then consider the input on Tuesday.If approved, residents would be prohibited from using gas-powered leaf blowers starting in March 2025. The ban on commercial and city uses would go into effect two years later.Officials not just in Cambridge but also in nearby cities and towns are eager to swap in gas-powered lawn equipment for those powered by batteries because of the amount of pol...